Storm Armor

Storm Armor is a Wizard Tier 6 skill unlocked at level 20, hurting anyone attacking the Wizard.

Background

Diablo III Skill [e]
Storm Armor Active, 5 ranks
Used by:	Wizard
Skill Description:
Surround yourself in electrical energy. Electric bolts are automatically fired at attackers for X to Y damage. Armor spells affect you and all nearby allies and you can only be affected by one armor spell at a time.
Skill Details:
Type:	Retroactive damage
Quantity:	1 to 8
Effect:	Aura type
School:	Lightning
Arcane Power cost:	15
Cast time:	Instant
Duration:	None
Cooldown:	1.5 sec
Synergies:	None
Requires:	N/A
Prereq of:	N/A

The Wizard weaves herself with electric energies that discharge if an enemy attacks her.

Skill Design

This spell looks to be under construction, with no duration listed. Also note that lightning critical hits will stun enemies, which would make this a lot more useful as a defensive spell, if the Wizard has a high chance to land a critical hit with spells (specifically lightning spells).

Skill Rank Table

• Rank 1: 1-8 lightning damage.

Synergies

Storm Armor benefits directly from the following traits:

• Prismatic Cloak: Increases the effect of Ice Armor and Storm Armor by 100%.
• Conjured Armor: Increases your armor by 25%. If Ice Armor or Storm Armor is active, your armor is instead increased by 50%.

Skill Rune Effects

• None known.

Development

Storm Armor was first shown at BlizzCon 2008 when the Wizard debuted. Back then, it was a Tier II skill in the Storm Skill Tree, and playable in the demo. However, it wasn't a popular choice; Flux explained why:[1]

...no one was bothering much with defensive skills at Blizzcon; not in the short time we had to play, and the small dungeon we had to clear out. I didn’t test out this one, but it sounds like a fairly interesting skill. It’s somewhat misleading in name, since the description doesn’t mention any defensive properties; just that it fires out lightning bolts at nearby enemies.

It was seen again at BlizzCon 2009, but as a Tier V skill, so it was too high level to try out. It looked to still be under construction, with no duration listed.

Media

You can find pictures in the Diablo 3 screenshot and picture gallery:

• Diablo 3 screenshots and pictures
• Storm Armor specific gallery contents

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  Storm Armor activated

References

• BlizzCon 2008 Wizard Gameplay Report